Richard Nixon actually said...
The Commission is expected to provide for procedures for consultation with the States of Indiana, Michigan, South Dakota, and Montana on any matter which might affect the water and related land resources of the headwater drainages of the Mississippi River Basin or the drainages of the Souris, Red, or Rainy River Basins in those States and to give notice to those States of meetings of the Commission.
Context
Executive Order 11737—Enlargement of the Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission
09/06/1973